Nancy described as 'lovely person to meet' who 'shared a deep passion for local history'

Tributes have been paid to Nancy Murphy (née Tynan) of Tyone, Nenagh and formerly of Inch.

The popular Tipperary woman passed away on March 22 in her 92nd year, peacefully, in the company of her husband Donal and her niece Ann, at Ashlawn House Nursing Home, Carrigatoher, Nenagh, following three years of constant care there.

Sister of the late Peggy Tynan, Sr Brigid Tynan and Mary Fogarty and infant brother Willie.

Deeply mourned and will be forever remembered by her loving and beloved Donal; her Fogarty (Liverpool) nieces and nephews, Liam, Brendan, Ann, Michael, John, Patrick and Sheelagh; her Costelloe and Harkin and allied cousins in Inch and Drom parishes; her in-law Murphy families; her co-founders of the Ormond Historical, Nenagh District Heritage and Tipperary North Family History Societies, and their staffs; multiple colleagues on North and South Tipperary History; close friends and kind neighbours.

Her remains arrived at St Mary of the Rosary Church, Nenagh on Tuesday, March 26, for Funeral Mass at 2pm, this was followed by burial in Lisbunny (middle) Cemetery.

Nancy has been described as a “lovely person to meet” who “shared a deep passion for local history”.